Rötteln (

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

: ''Raudinleim''this expression refers to the red shimmering limestone of this place) is a

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beneath the ruins of

Rötteln Castle Rötteln Castle (german: Burg Rötteln), located above the Lörrach suburb of , lies in the extreme southwest corner of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, just 10 kilometres (6 miles) north-east of the Swiss City of Basel. The fortification w ...

. Today Rötteln is part of the

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of Haagen, in the city of

Lörrach Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including the ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

History

The hamlet was established in the

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near the castle. In the old well-preserved village center is a church, which was mentioned for the first time on September 7, 751 as the “church at that place, which is called Raudinleim.” The charter is preserved in the archives of Abbey of St. Gallen. After the St. Gallus Church collapsed as a result of the Basel earthquake of 1356, Margrave

Rudolf III Rudolph III or Rudolf III may refer to: *Rudolf III of Burgundy (971–1032), last king of the independent Kingdom of Arles * Rudolph III, Count of Neuchâtel (died 1272), son of Count Berthold * Rudolph III of Austria (c. 1281 – 1307), or Rud ...

ordered the construction of a new church, but it used the preserved parts of the Romanesque predecessor. The new larger church was built in

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style, and the church interior expanded with the Erhardus Chapel on the north side with reticulated vaulting and the George Chapel in the east to the left of the choir as a mortuary chapel for the family of the margrave. The new church was consecrated in 1401. The Rötteln Church and also Rötteln Castle are illuminated at night and thus are visible from a distance. The church was thoroughly restored from September 2004 to 2005.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rotteln Lörrach (district) Baden Villages in Baden-Württemberg